Denialism

Category: Altie Meds

  • More inanity from our friend Null

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    OK, so it’s a repost from the old blog. I’m on vacation so gimme a break. –PalMD When I get bored, I sift through the “articles” section of Gary Null’s site to see what kind of stupidity he is willing to host. Thankfully, it never takes long to find the stupid. This time, it was…

  • GM foods cause delusions

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    Here at denialism blog, we’ve written a bit about so-called Morgellons syndrome. Every once in a while, when I tire of sanity, I scan the news for more Morgellons madness, and when it comes to madness, Mike Adams never disappoints. In his latest foray into paranoid idiocy, he tries to link this non-existent illness to…

  • Read intelligently because the next crank you read may be your last

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    A reader of ours ran into a questionable book ad, and being a good citizen, sent it on to me. I glanced at it, and it seemed to be the usual silly book purporting to cure all that ails, but on deeper inspection, it was much uglier. The book says that it “renders insulin and…

  • Homeopathy Awareness Week?

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    Skepchick has apparently discovered that, as of yesterday, this is World Homeopathy Awareness Week. (Yes, starts on a Thursday…they were going to start on Monday, but the succussion took a while.) Well, I can get behind a public service like this. My contribution will be a side-to-side comparison of a homeopathic treatment and a real…

  • There is no such thing as alternative medicine

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    What is alternative Medicine, anyway? That’s a great question. I know it is, because I asked it. I get this question almost daily. The secret answer is that there is no such thing as alternative medicine. You don’t believe me? Why not–I am a doctor. There are several ways to define alternative medicine, and sometimes…

  • More from a local “alternatician”

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    I recently posted an article on a particular “holistic” doctor’s take on salt–the bottom line is the bottom line; more expensive is better. You’d think I’d call it a day. However, if someone is going to advertise widely, he’s leaving himself open for criticism. How can one family physician have so many answers? He sells…

  • Salt your way to health

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    As it turns out, in my own neck of the woods there is a small woo-factory. I came upon it when I saw an internet add extolling the virtues of salt, as long as it’s expensive salt. The author of the article turns out to be a doctor in my very metropolitan area. There is…

  • Balance your energy for only $1 a minute!

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    I am not pleased. I am not pleased at all. Of course, hospitals need to make money, and in my part of the country, that’s getting damned hard. More and more people are jobless, without insurance, and broke. Hospitals are focusing more on customer service—and that includes providing what the customer wants whether or not…

  • Detoxification–the pinnacle of quackery

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    In another fit of sloth, I am migrating one of my favorites over from my old blog. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! –PalMD Many of my patients ask me about it; the TV is full of ads for it; you can’t avoid it. “Detoxification” is apparently the pinnacle of modern health…

  • You say pranic, I say panic–let’s call the whole thing off

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    I was thinking about poor Orac and his death crud, so I thought I’d do a little research for him. I did a quick google search for holistic healing (call a doctor? Are you kidding?) and immediately found my answer–Pranic Healing. First, I gotta tell you, it’s a deal–a steal, really–because you get knowledge, and…